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EC1
Explorer | Level 4
5 months ago

Green checkmark with white background explanation

I have seen the official meaning: "A circle with a green border and a green checkmark means that a file was opened (directly or with a third-party application) and synced,"   but what does that me...
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EC1
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Thanks for this information.

 

For others who may read this later, I was still confused about the info provided, so I uninstalled and reinstalled dropbox for desktop, and I had the same issue. I then decided to right click on a folder that had a circle with a green border and a green checkmark and selected "Dropbox" then "Make available offline." After some time (Dropbox indexing it I presume), it changed to a solid green circle with a white checkmark.

 

So this resolved my initial issue. Apparently, you have to specifically designate folders you want to exist offline and online with no possibility of them being moved online only if your machine runs out of space.

My only unresolved question is how do I change a folder from solid green circle with a white checkmark (offline and online even if you run out of space on your machine) to green border and a green checkmark (offline and online now, but could be moved to online only if you run out of space on your machine)? 

 

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Nancy
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5 months ago

EC1, if a file/folder is already available offline (has the solid green icon), it can only be made online-only after that.

 

Available files are the result of an online-only file that was opened by you/third-party app, like Rich mentioned above. There’s no option to make an offline file available instead (you can only set it as online-only after that). 

 

If you right-click on a folder with the green border icon, do you see an option to make it online-only or offline?

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    EC1
    Explorer | Level 4
    5 months ago

    For folders with a solid green icon, I do see the option to make them online only. It seems a strange that there is an icon for the green border and a green checkmark (offline and online now, but could be moved to online only if you run out of space on your machine) with no control over designating files/folders as such. 

    In any case, my questions are resolved. Thank you.

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